Editing Lockheed C-130 Hercules (section)

=== Hurricane Harvey (2017) ===
[[File:Illinois National Guard (36884158612).jpg|thumb|Illinois Air National Guard crews assisting with Hurricane Harvey relief load supplies aboard a C-130]]

C-130s temporarily based at [[Kelly Field Annex|Kelly Field]] conducted [[mosquito control]] aerial spray applications over areas of eastern Texas devastated by [[Hurricane Harvey]]. This special mission treated more than 2.3&nbsp;million acres at the direction of [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]] (FEMA) and the [[Texas Department of State Health Services]] (DSHS) to assist in recovery efforts by helping contain the significant increase in pest insects caused by large amounts of standing, stagnant water. The [[910th Airlift Wing]] operates the Department of Defense's only aerial spray capability to control pest insect populations, eliminate undesired and [[invasive vegetation]], and disperse oil spills in large bodies of water.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.youngstown.afrc.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/865/Article/178927/aerial-spray-mission.aspx|title=Aerial Spray Mission|website=Youngstown Air Reserve Station|language=en-US|access-date=21 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108230359/http://www.youngstown.afrc.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/865/Article/178927/aerial-spray-mission.aspx|archive-date=8 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The aerial spray flight also is now able to operate during the night with [[Night-vision device|NVGs]], which increases the flight's best case spray capacity from approximately 60 thousand acres per day to approximately 190 thousand acres per day. Spray missions are normally conducted at dusk and nighttime hours when pest insects are most active, the [[Air Force Reserve Command|U.S. Air Force Reserve]] reports.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mypmp.net/2017/09/12/hurricane-harvey-relief-air-force-provides-mosquito-aerial-spray-applications/|title=Hurricane Harvey relief: Air Force provides mosquito aerial spray applications : Pest Management Professional|date=12 September 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=21 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041942/https://www.mypmp.net/2017/09/12/hurricane-harvey-relief-air-force-provides-mosquito-aerial-spray-applications/|archive-date=22 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>